Cost alerts
You can configure cost alerts for key metrics to monitor your spending and resource consumption. This helps you proactively manage your cloud costs.
High spending alert
After you enable this alert, you will receive a daily text message if the bill for a specified cloud product (up to 10) exceeds the alert threshold. For monthly billed products, the system sends a single notification after generating the bill at the start of the next month. The message recipient is the Account Contact configured in the Message Center.
On the Expenses and Costs > Cost Anomaly Detection > Cost Alerts page, in the high spending alert section, click View Details to set spending alert thresholds for specific cloud products.
Available credit alert
After you enable this alert, the system notifies you daily by text message, email, and internal message if your account's available credit falls below the alert threshold. The system sends these notifications for up to five consecutive days. For instructions, see Monitor account balance.
Budget alert
You can set alert conditions for a budget to receive notifications when your actual or forecasted costs reach a specified threshold.
On the Expenses and Costs > Cost Anomaly Detection > Cost Alerts page, in the budget alert section, click View Details to go to the Budget Management page. For more information, see Budget Management.
Anomaly detection alert
After you enable this alert, the system automatically sends a notification when a cost anomaly is detected or when the anomalous cost reaches the specified alert threshold. For instructions, see Set anomaly detection alerts.
Resource plan alert
You can set usage alerts for a resource plan to receive notifications when its usage reaches a specified threshold. For instructions, see Set resource plan usage alerts.
FAQ
Change the message recipient
By default, notifications are sent to the account contacts. In Message Center, go to the Common Settings page, find the notification for account financial information, and click Edit next to the account contact.